Preventing childhood obesity
Subtitle: health in the balance
By: Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ; Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, Vivica I. Kraak, editors
Contributors: Koplan, Jeffrey; Kraak, Vivica I.; Liverman, Catharyn T.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Health Promotion; Obesity in children; Methods; Adolescent; Health promotion; Child health services; Health Policy; Nutrition policy; Child; Social Environment; Prevention & control; Obesity; Prevention
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Extent and consequences of childhood obesity; title: Developing an action plan; title: A national public health priority; title: Industry, advertising, media, and public education; title: Local communities; title: Schools; title: Home; title: Confronting the childhood obesity epidemic.